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State statutes pertaining to grandparent visitation must comport with the United States Supreme Court decision of Troxel v. Granville. This case, decided in 2000, involved a dispute between a widowed mother and her deceased partners parents, the child's paternal grandparents. The mother limited the grandparents time with her child, and the ...
Troxel v. Granville, 530 U.S. 57 (2000), is a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States, citing a constitutional right of parents to direct the upbringing of their children, struck down a Washington law that allowed any third party to petition state courts for child visitation rights over parental objections.
Filial support laws were an outgrowth of the Elizabethan Poor Law of 1601. [2] [3] At one time [year needed], as many as 45 U.S. states had statutes obligating an adult child to care for his or her parents. Some states repealed their filial support laws after Medicaid took a greater role in providing relief to elderly patients without means.
LGBTQ+ children in foster care in Tennessee and Colorado could have vastly different experiences in where they are placed under opposing legislation advanced by state legislatures this week. In ...
In the decades leading up to the 1970s child custody battles were rare, and in most cases the mother of minor children would receive custody. [5] Since the 1970s, as custody laws have been made gender-neutral, contested custody cases have increased as have cases in which the children are placed in the primary custody of the father. [5]
The legislation requires facilities to allow at least one telephone call and one 30-minute in-person visit with the child’s parent, guardian, or legal custodian “as soon as practical” after ...
Their legislation, HB0720/SB0509, would have required a child’s rights be read to them upon detention, clarified that a child is entitled to representation at all stages of a delinquency ...
Having PRRs entitles a parent to take key decisions relating to the child, such as where they will live and go to school, and what medical treatment they should receive. In addition, parents have an obligation to provide financial support for their children under the Family Law (Scotland) Act 1985 (c 37) and the Child Support Act 1991 (c 38).